Social Security & Welfare

The latest wave began when Ukraine eased its exit restrictions for males aged 18 to 22 on August 28. Since then, officials in Germany …

Germany asylum applications fall according to new October data cited from ministry briefings and media summaries. The reported figure of 8,823 applications in October …

A renewed political and economic debate has erupted in Germany over the planned expansion of the Mütterrente—the pension benefit recognizing child-rearing years for parents. …

German refugee freeze hit global headlines in April when the newly elected centre-right coalition halted the national resettlement programme. The German refugee freeze immediately …

The German pension package cleared its first hurdle today as the federal cabinet adopted a bill designed to keep old-age benefits at 48 percent …

Germany youth shortfall is now confirmed by new Federal Statistical Office data showing that only ten percent of residents were between 15 and 24 …

The care home cost crisis is now impossible to ignore. New figures from the Association of Substitute Health Funds put the average monthly bill …

Söder demands full rollback of Bürgergeld for Ukrainians Bürgergeld for Ukrainians has become the latest flash-point in Berlin after Bavarian premier Markus Söder declared …

Mothers take sick-child leave far more often than fathers New figures from the Barmer statutory health insurer confirm that mothers take sick-child leave far …

A Major Shift in German Welfare Policy Germany’s Bürgergeld system, introduced just over two years ago as a more humane alternative to Hartz IV, …